The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-02
TIE GAMBLERS WIFE



whether this steady increase in the
number OF gaming establishments,
which flourish under the name OF club
houses, is not njuring Long Branch
and incidentally hurting their business.
There was no particular objection
made to Phil Days gorgeous gaming |
place. In fact, it was rather regarded |
as an attraction for men OF wealth.
But Days prosperity has induced
other disciples OF chance to set up their
own temples. There are six OF these
places now dotting the shore from the
East to the West end. No attempt is
made to disguise their purpose. Driv-
ing past, the voice of the dealer or the
clerk of the roulette wheel is heard
through the open windows. Perhaps
observation-disclosures would be disposed
TO take some action in the matter but
that the owners OF the houses prudent
lvdeclineto allow "natives" to risk any
money in them. The houses are traps
for visitors altogether. all sorts OF
visitors. too, are taken in, from
wealthy bankers down to the keepers
of little shops. Now and again some
unfortunate, having been cleaned out,
attempts to put an end to his ex-
istence. but nobody minds that.
There is this to be said about the
gamblers, they are spending more
money here this year than any other
class Of men, and their wives are the
most elegantly dressed women OF the
resort. No other class, hotel men say,
can afford to live so extensively
Let us walk down the corridor OF q
leading hotel after dinner, while the
band is playing, and the ladies have
taken possession OF the sofas and chairs
TO show themselves and their toilets.
There in the full glare OF the light you
observe a finely nodded, stately blonde.
Her hair indeed, is so wondrous yell
low that it looks like fine threads OF
gold, Her toilet is superb, and the
| laces on her embroidered dress are OF
the finest texture. Diamonds sparkle
on her fingers and in her hair, and a
splendid necklace OF gems makes cir
! Gle of flashing fire round her beautiful
neck. She fans herself leisurely, sur
veyinga procession ofelegantly dressed
women passing slowly up and down.
She sits alone, and nobody bows to
her. but every eye casts upon her q
look of admiration. She is the wife OF
New York gambler, the owner OF II
superb furnished palace OF hazard IN
East Fifty-ninth street.
Further on your glance is caught by
the splendid attire Of a vulgar little
woman whose pudgy fingers must feel
the weight of the big diamonds which
they bear. She has none OF the we'll
bred grace OF the woman with the
golden hair. Her little eyes follow
every form that passes, taking note OF
each toilet, her mind comparing 1t,
doubtless, with her own garish and IN
harmonious outfit. She, too, is alone,
and no one speaks to her. Her hus'
band is the owner of one ofthe smaller
"club" houses The thousands that
have served to bedeck her uugraceful
person have come from the pockets Of
small merchants and giddy clerks
whose love of lucre or adventure leads
them into a fateful bout with the
: tiger.
| Quite at the end of the corridor three
, showily dressed youths chat with
Young woman of rare beauty. Two o.
them are sons OF n wealthy New YORK
banker; the third has an income o
500 900 a year that was left HIM by
his late father, an iron man whose
{ name was known throughout thu
United States. The woman is charm
! inply dressed and quite simply
, Her voice is much better attuned thar
| the voices of American women usually
p are. her air and carriage are perfect
g and there is that something IN he
stvle which shows she has had atran
!. ing in department in n school abroad
!, She chats and laughs gayly, and he
!, ouick replies show that she is clevere
q than any OF the three gilded gosllng
who are fluttering around her. Nov
and again other young men IN TN
: stream flowing past bow to her' o
, step or to say word; but no won
: en- recognize her in any way. She !
V the wife OF an accomplished and push
: ING Young gambler, man who is max
q ING his way by devoting to that bus
ness the thought and energy that US
ually bring success in honest vocatlons
He owns one OF the most elegant hell
in New York, and is growing rich raT
Il idly. No small part of his propert
: is due to his beautiful and cultivate
e wife. She, they say, is the brillian
G beacon that lures many agolden-lade
C human bark upon the rock-boun
n coast where her husband is wreckel
While the dangerous beauty is sti
chatting with her suitors, a chlld's or
y is heard and presently, little thinI
10 | ali enveloped in laces, comes runnln